Straight mast lift trucks have emerged with the market for rough terrain lift tricks. They have leveled off in the wake of the telescopic handler explosion of the past 10 years. At present, manufacturers of lift trucks are focusing their product development on the core function of the lift truck.
These models for example offer a lift capacity below 6,000 lbs have risen in price on average of 2.45% to approximately $46,000 per equipment. Other types of machines in the category's bulk class ranging from 6000 pounds to 10,000 pounds in capacity are up 3.15% to $54,177. Equipment buyers will quickly point out only if their actual expenses are up ever so slightly.
With models which rely on diesel fuel, hourly expenses in those 2 classes have increased 81.6% and 84.3% respectively. Even if the prices on the dealer's tag may not seem all that different, as soon as the machine has left the sales yard and enters the customer's work space, it should produce on a large scale.
The rough-terrain forklift market has leveled off fast over the past 10 years in the wake of the telescopic-handler explosion. The telescopic handlers are may just be the future that this particular kind of machine is evolving to. The telehandler's task is placing a load with a long reach. The rough-terrain forklift remains the heavyweight champ when it comes to pure grunt lifting.
The manufacturer Omega makes many different lines of lift machinery and a whole variety of rough-terrain lift trucks. The Mega Series is an established line consisting of bigger vertical-mast units. These models offer lifting capacities that range from 8000 pounds all the way up to 20,000 pounds. The next step was to enable lifting capacities up to 50,000 pound and the HERC Series was made to complete this task. The more complex and larger machinery needed, the more specialized that OEMs such as Omega become.